Genealogical Services

-we are a licensed travel agency and a licensed genealogical researcher

We have been offering a large scale of services related to genealogy and genealogical trips. We work individually with every client and assist them according to their needs. We believe that our strengths are flexibility and understanding of differences between the cultures in the USA and in Europe.

 

1 Genealogical Research

We provide complete genealogical research. That includes research in different types of archives and for different types of documents (property research, heir location, search for certificates, creating family trees, digital copies of records etc). - In order to start, we need to receive as much information from you as possible. Copies of original documents or family records (e.g. hand written notes in your old family bible) are always the best.

 

2 Search for Living Relatives

During the forty years of communism, many family ties have been broken. We can help you restore the old ones and build new family relationships. The first steps of this work consist of genealogical research performed in the archives. But please note that the archives hold only registers from the early 19 hundreds and older. Whatever is more recent is being stored in municipal offices and is not available to the general public (because of the privacy-protection laws). Nevertheless, we have our ways of bridging over the gaps of time and finding local relatives.

 

3 Translating Services

We are able to communicate in six different languages: Czech, English, German, French, Spanish, and Russian. We can translate your old newspaper articles, family documents, as well as your correspondence. Many of our clients have been using our services in a long term run. We have been serving as translators of their correspondence with their Czech friends or relatives.

 

4 Itinerary of Your Trip

If you are planning to travel to the Central Europe, get in touch with us. We can help you preparing your trip to the slightest detail (restaurants, hotels, places to see, locating living relatives, and visiting ancestral villages). It is always better to ask for help someone local than to trust your travel agent who has never eaten in the restaurant and slept in the hotel that he has been commending to you. There are so many things that we pass unnoticing, unless someone local opens our eyes for them.

 

5 Travel Services

While visiting a foreign country that speaks a language that you do not understand, you can remain on the surface of international restaurants and hotels or you can accept our invitation to dig deeper and gain the most out of your trip. – We can offer you to be your translators, drivers, and cultural guides while you will be visiting Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria or Germany. It is up to you, if you will want to hire us for the whole time of your stay or just for particular days. Of course, there is cost involved. At the other hand, if you hire us for your whole stay, we will be able to drive you around and you will not need to worry about renting a car. – We have experiences with guiding individuals as well as mid-size groups and big groups.

 

6 Taking Pictures of Ancestral Villages

It may not be possible for you to come and visit your ancestral village. We can still help you to enjoy it. We can take pictures of your ancestral village and the area around it. It is a beautiful way of getting an idea what the “Old Country” of your family was like. Pictures of your ancestry town, old church or school, historical buildings, sometimes even of the former house of your family could be a perfect gift as well. It means a lot to the seniors while it can also easily awaken the interest of those who never seemed to care much for their family history.

 

7 Research of Local History

We can study local history of your ancestral village and prepare a concise or a very detailed survey for you (according to your wishes and needs). It will not probably be referring to your ancestors by name, but still it will be extremely valuable for you. It will give you a much deeper idea of the life that your ancestors were living and the place that they came from.

 

 

This is just a quick overview of our services. We will be happy to send you more information (including references of our former customers) related to the services that you are interested in. Please do not hesitate to ask.